Restaurants raise funds for charity organizations

Nation's Restaurant News,  Oct 15, 2007  

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Danny Meyer, left, chief executive of Union Square Hospitality Group in New York, participated in the 5th Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, held in Madison Square Park, where his Shake Shack restaurant is located. The event benefited the Madison Square Park Conservancy. With Meyer are Debbie Landau, president of the Madison Square Park Conservancy, and William Castro, Manhattan Borough Commissioner.

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Edie Ames, president of Morton's The Steakhouse, and Klaus Fritsch, the chain's co-founder, present a $162,325 donation to the Illinois Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. Accepting the check are Roxanne Charles, the IRAEF's executive director, and Maggie McLafferty, the organization's chairwoman.

Dakota Nank, left, and Raul Flores attended a recent charity bowl-a-thon held by the Jack in the Box Foundation in El Cajon, Calif. The event raised $60,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters, and proceeds will benefit Operation Bigs, a program at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base that provides mentors for children whose parents are deployed overseas.

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